Garment-hanger.



PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

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GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,007, dated December 20, 1904- Application filed April 15, 1904. Serial No. 203,333.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN A. GARLsoN, aciti- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment- Hanger, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a garment-hanger, and especially to a hanger for coats and trousers.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a garment-hanger with adjustable shoulders to permit the hanger to accurately fit the garment, so as to more securely keep it in shape,and to provide means for keeping the neck portion of a coat or similar garment in the exact position which it would assume when upon the wearer.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred form of my invention with a part in section. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a central sectional view showing certain parts in side elevation on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3 with parts broken away.

In the drawings, a and A represent the two wings of the hanger, which for convenience will be referred to hereinafter as shoulder pieces. These shoulder-pieces are provided with extensions (0 and A, which are preferably circular in form and are pivoted together at their centers by means of a pin 6. One of the shoulder-pieces has two of these extensions A A separated from each other to receive the extension (0. Over the outside of one of these extensions is placed a circular,

plate 0, which is concentric with these extensions and with the pin Z). This plate has an arc shaped slot 0 upon one side thereof, through which passes a pin cl, attached to a plate (Z, which in turn is attached to the section a of the hanger. The pin cl is provided with a thumb-nut (Z which is intended to be used to lock the parts in any desired position, it being understood that the pin cl is in screwthreaded engagement with the plate (Z. (Z is a washer through which the pin (Z passes and which is necessary in order to permit this operation. It may be eitherintegral with the pin (Z or not, as desired.

At the center of the plate 0 is an extension 0 upon which is pivoted a hook c. This hook is free to move with respect to the two shoulders of the hanger through certain limits defined by a stop f. A pair of eyes g are preferably secured to the bottom of the hanger, one on each shoulder-piece, and to these are attached flexible connections 72 which may be in the form of chains or otherwise. The trousers-hanger 7c is attached to the lower ends of these connections It. The upper part of the shoulder-pieces is formed, as indicated in the drawings at Z, for the purpose of conforming substantially to the shape of the neck of the wearer, and therefore to the shape of the coat, and keep the coat in the position which it is made to assume.

It will be obvious that a hanger of this character can be adjusted so that it will exactly fit any coat, whether having square or drooping shoulders, and will also fit the neck of said garment in such a manner as to prevent any alteration in shape when the coat is left on the hanger for a considerable length of time. Thus the original shape of the coat is effectually preserved, an advantage gained which has not been attainable with any previous form of coat-hanger of which I am aware. The trousers-hanger is also an important feature, and it will be seen that its location and arrangement are most convenient.

Although the shape of the neck is a very important feature, the general shape of the other parts of my garment-hanger, as shown in the drawings, is not material and may be changed to suit the conditions existing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A coat-hanger having adjustable shoulder-pieces each provided with a rigid upwardly-extending neck portion and a circular extension, a plate on one of said extensions, and a fastening device on one of the shoulderpieces and engaging with said plate.

2. A coat-hanger having adjustable shoulder-pieces each provided with a rigid upwardly-extending neck portion and a circular extension, a plate on one of said extensions, a fastening device upon one of said shoulderpieces and engaging with said plate, a hook pivoted at the center of the circular extension, and means for limiting the motion of the hook about its pivot.

3. A garment-hanger having adjustable shoulder-pieces provided with rigid upwardlyextending neck portions, one of said pieces having two circular extensions separated from each other, and the other piece having a circular extension passing between said two extensions on the first piece, said extensions being pivoted together, and a suspending hook pivoted to the coat-hanger at the point at which said extensions are pivoted together.

4. A garment-hanger having adjustable shoulder-pieces one of said pieces having two circular extensions separated from each other,

and the other piece having a circular extension passing between said two extensions on the other piece, said extensions being pivoted together.

5. A coat-hanger having adjustable shoulder-pieces each having a circular extension, a plate on one of said extensions, and a fastening device engaging with said plate.

6. A coat-hanger having rigid adjustable shoulder-pieces pivoted together, an eye on each of said shoulder-pieces, a flexible connection attached to each of said eyes, and a trousers-hanger having its ends attached to each of said flexible connections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- JOHN A. CARLSON.

Witnesses:

CARL O. NELsoN, D. P. KINsnY. 

